White Mountains Bristlecone PineOne reason for their success is their ability to thrive in extreme conditions. They grow at high altitude in a type of rocky soil called dolomite. Weather conditions here are very harsh below freezing much of the winter dry and baking hot in the summer. Few other plants can survive much less compete with the Bristlecone in these conditions.species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-001 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineTo establish a trees age small cores are taken from the trunk. The cores provide a crossection of the Bristlecones annual growth rings. The growth rings can then be counted to very accurately establishes the age of a given tree.species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-002 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineBy collecting cores from both living and dead specimens a continuous growth ring record has been created going back more than ten thousand years.species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-003 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineOne reason for their success is their ability to thrive in extreme conditions. They grow at high altitude in a type of rocky soil called dolomite. Weather conditions here are very harsh below freezing much of the winter dry and baking hot in the summer. Few other plants can survive much less compete with the Bristlecone in these conditions.species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-004 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineTo establish a trees age small cores are taken from the trunk. The cores provide a crossection of the Bristlecones annual growth rings. The growth rings can then be counted to very accurately establishes the age of a given tree.species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-005 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineGrowth ring records also establish a very accurate record of climate for the areas in which they grow. In wet years the rings are much larger than in drought years. species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-007 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineTo establish a trees age small cores are taken from the trunk. The cores provide a crossection of the Bristlecones annual growth rings. The growth rings can then be counted to very accurately establishes the age of a given tree.species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-008 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineOne reason for their success is their ability to thrive in extreme conditions. They grow at high altitude in a type of rocky soil called dolomite. Weather conditions here are very harsh below freezing much of the winter dry and baking hot in the summer. Few other plants can survive much less compete with the Bristlecone in these conditions.species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-009 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineBy collecting cores from both living and dead specimens a continuous growth ring record has been created going back more than ten thousand years.species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-010 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineIn the 1960s Cores from Bristlecones were used to calibrate the radiocarbon dating process now used as the standard by scientists for dating fossils and other artifacts.species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-011 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineWith some dated at over 4500 years old the Bristlecone is believed to be earths oldest living thing. species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-012 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineBy collecting cores from both living and dead specimens a continuous growth ring record has been created going back more than ten thousand years.species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-013 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineIn the 1960s Cores from Bristlecones were used to calibrate the radiocarbon dating process now used as the standard by scientists for dating fossils and other artifacts.species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-014 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineOne reason for their success is their ability to thrive in extreme conditions. They grow at high altitude in a type of rocky soil called dolomite. Weather conditions here are very harsh below freezing much of the winter dry and baking hot in the summer. Few other plants can survive much less compete with the Bristlecone in these conditions.species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-015 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineGrowth ring records also establish a very accurate record of climate for the areas in which they grow. In wet years the rings are much larger than in drought years. species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-016 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineTo establish a trees age small cores are taken from the trunk. The cores provide a crossection of the Bristlecones annual growth rings. The growth rings can then be counted to very accurately establishes the age of a given tree.species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-017 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineIn the 1960s Cores from Bristlecones were used to calibrate the radiocarbon dating process now used as the standard by scientists for dating fossils and other artifacts.species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-018 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineBy collecting cores from both living and dead specimens a continuous growth ring record has been created going back more than ten thousand years.species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-020 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineGrowth ring records also establish a very accurate record of climate for the areas in which they grow. In wet years the rings are much larger than in drought years. species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-021 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineA Bristlecone pine is a study in contrast with its rich browns and greens against the white dolomite rocks and deep blue of the sky. species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-022 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineOne reason for their success is their ability to thrive in extreme conditions. They grow at high altitude in a type of rocky soil called dolomite. Weather conditions here are very harsh below freezing much of the winter dry and baking hot in the summer. Few other plants can survive much less compete with the Bristlecone in these conditions.species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-024 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineTo establish a trees age small cores are taken from the trunk. The cores provide a crossection of the Bristlecones annual growth rings. The growth rings can then be counted to very accurately establishes the age of a given tree.species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-025 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineIn the 1960s Cores from Bristlecones were used to calibrate the radiocarbon dating process now used as the standard by scientists for dating fossils and other artifacts.species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-026 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineBy collecting cores from both living and dead specimens a continuous growth ring record has been created going back more than ten thousand years.species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-028 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineGrowth ring records also establish a very accurate record of climate for the areas in which they grow. In wet years the rings are much larger than in drought years. species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-030 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineWith some dated at over 4500 years old the Bristlecone is believed to be earths oldest living thing. species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-031 request pricing

White Mountains Bristlecone PineBy collecting cores from both living and dead specimens a continuous growth ring record has been created going back more than ten thousand years.species: Pinus longaevaphoto-id: BCP-032 request pricing

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